Process of preserving corn.



Patented sept. 26, 1911.

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BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, or MACCLENNY, FLORIDA.

To allwho'm 'it may concern: Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. JoiiN- soN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Macclenny, in the county of Baker and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Process of Preserving Corn; and

I do .hereby Vdeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the .art to which it appeitains to make and use the same..

This invention relatesto a new and luseful process for'preserving eai's of corn while in the husks, and protecting the same against insects, rats and mice, as well as the weevil. The invention in its broadest scope aims p as its primary object to provide a method for hermetically sealing ears of corn within their husks, thus shielding and protecting the corn against insects, rats, mice and the weevil.

The invention comprises further features and combination of ste s in the process, as

l hereinafter set forth, disclosed in the draw-y i lar to Fig. 2, illustrating the fact that the husk is further sup lied, with a coating of lime and sawdust. IFig. 4 is a detail View, showing the drain board 2, withthe depression b-With the corn shown in dotted line as siiaported thereby.

eferring more'particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the ear of corn, While 2 denotes thehusk. This husk is supplied first with a coating of tar 3, then a layer of any suitable dust, such as sawdust or the like 4, and finally supplied with. a layer or thin coating of lime 5.

The steps of the process or method are hereinafter related as follows: The husk about the corn is first tied by a. suitable string or twine 6, at any suitable location beyond the small end of the ear of corn,

y after which the end of the husks beyond the twine or string, is severed, as-shown clearly in- Fig. 1. After the husk has been thus tied, the same with the corn on the inside is submerged within a `quantity ofrun'nng l* i Spsciiti.:ation of Letters Patent. i Application led April 29, 1911. Serial No. 624,165.

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Patented Sept.` 26, 1911 tar, for instance, pinetar, which has been brought to a heat of (i0 or 70 degrees centigi'ade, in order that only a thin layer of coating of ltai' will adhere t0 the husk, for it will only take a small amount to properly glaze the husk. After the husk has been supplied with the proper coating of tar the saine is then placed upon a drain board or a table for approximately two hours, yto permit the tai' to drain to the proper thickness, and to dry tothe proper consistency. The husk is subsequently lthrown into ya box of dust, such as sawdust and the like, and agitated until a thini'covering of dust adheres to the tar. fAsthe final step, the

husk is then submerged in a limebox (not shown), the lime of which being air.` slaked, so that a thin layer of'lime will adhere to the tar and dust* The tar acts as a medium for hermetically sealing the husk, while the sawdust, provides a roughened surface, i`n

the crevices of which the linie adheresto the tar. The sawdust acts as a base or a body for the lime, whilev the lime acts'as a disinfectant. The pine tar in addition to its aforesaid features relative to the process,

also acts as a disinfectant, especiallyin conjunction with Athe lime. After the husk has been thus coated, the Same together With ,the ear of corn upon the inside is stored away, until. the ear y spring, atwhich time the hermetically sealed husk is broken, and the' corn is utilized for planting, thus rendering it possible to reap an excellent crop 'of corn.

It has been found through experience that one gallon of pine tar is sufficient to glaze mately ahalf a barrel of dust' (which 1s free for the gathering or the hauling of the saine away) is suiiioient to be supplied to the same amount of corn, whereas one barrel of air slake lime will be ample to supply the final finish upon the husk. It has further been discovered that two workmen can prepare 25 bushels of corn a day.

Instead of a plain, ordinary table or drain board a', a board 'a having a depression such as shown at b in Fig. 4 of the drawings may be provided', so that the ears of corn may be stood upon their butts within the depression, so that the tar when first supplied novel method for inexpensively hermeticelly Ior coat 4 bushels Vof corn, while ap roxiioo 'llo

sealing cornlius'ks with their ears of corn on y theinside soyas'to -protect and shield the corn. against rats,1n1ce and .various insects, such as weevils. Furthermore, it hasbeen found that .this process or method. is

y practicable, and exceedingly simple to work.

The invention having been set forth, whatv is vclaimed as new land usefulgls:

leorn with the` husk thereoin'which consistsI 1 A method for protecting andshielding iirst in submerging the jsanie in tar, then supplying a coatingof dust, and finally submerging thefwhole Within thelime.

2'. A method for hermetically sealing corn husks while on the ear of corn, which first consists insubmerging -it -within Apine .tar I in a liquid state, then Submerging the same inea' quantity of sawdust, and iinally submerging the whole in air-slaked lime.

A processorfmethod for hermetically sealing corn husks while on the ear of corn,

which first eonsists'in submerging it in pine tar, in arunning liquid state, the-saine haying been brought to .a -hoat of 60 tov70 de-A grees oentigrade, then' permitting the tar.v l,

to drain and dry for a period of time, then submerging" the tar'coated article .Within 4a' quantity of dust, andfnally plnng'ingthe lSeme into air slalred lime.

copies of this paient may be obtained submerging the 'whole in air s1a1{edl-iine. y In testimony whereofjl have signed my 4. t A meth-Od for hefmeticany Sealing @om huskswhi'le onthe ear of corn, which first? lconsists in 'binding it beyond the small'end of the cob ,with twine'and severing the ends of 4 'same-beyond the twine, then submerging it. in pine tar in a runningv liquid state, brought to a .heat of 60 to 'Z0-degrees centigrade,

then submerging'/ theV tarvrcoated article in the whole into air `slaked lime.

5. A method for hermetically sealing a.

corn husk .while on theearlof'corn-,fwhich first 'consists in tying it beyond-'the small end of the colo and severing the end of same therebeyond, then submergi-ng it in pine tar ina running liquid state, brought to a heat lgranulated material; andfinally.1 plunging j of to 70- degrees cent-igrade, then permitting the tar to drainand dry for a period of approximately two hours,- then submergingf the tar coated "article in sawdust and finally :for ve cents'each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.` "Washington, D. Cf i 

